Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Caustic; corrosive: Describes a substance that can chemically burn, degrade, or destroy living tissue or other materials by surface chemical action.

Usage Examples

• (Be careful with acid; it is a caustic substance.)
• (Caustic soda is used in many industrial processes.)
• (Bleach has strong corrosive properties.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is primarily technical or scientific, used to describe the hazardous property of chemicals like strong acids (axit) or bases (bazơ).

Variants and Related Words

• Ăn mòn (v): to corrode, to erode. This verb describes the process of gradual destruction, often by chemical action.
  • Muối có thể ăn mòn kim loại. (Salt can corrode metal.)

Synonyms

• Corrosive: Tending to cause corrosion.
• Burning: Causing a chemical burn.

Notes on Usage

• "Ăn da" is almost exclusively used as an adjective modifying a noun (e.g., , ) to denote a caustic property. It is not typically used as a standalone verb phrase like "to eat skin."

adj

1. Caustic
   • xút ăn da
     caustic soda